As soon as Sam dashes off to Latvia, this lizard pops up. He has been hanging on the ceiling for the past few days. What he lives on, I have no idea, but as long as he stays in the living room he is welcome. The minute he shows up in one of our bedrooms - he gets the sole of my shoe!
Otherwise, it has been a tranquil start to the week. Sam left Sunday and is staying with Ed, Ieva, and little Alise, until Saturday. I keep looking for a post over at Ed's blog, so far, nothing. Hopefully, if all goes according to plan, Friday Sam will be the hot shot director of his own Latvian registered company and can begin his new career.
Me, on the other hand, have been enjoying the peace and quiet of an empty house and been keeping myself plenty busy. Up until today the weather has been warm and sunny. I have been able to, catch up on the housecleaning, go jogging, and yesterday I decided to take a nice long bike ride through town and along the Lungo Entella. Somedays it is so interesting what you see when you step out of the house in Italy. Yesterday, while I was riding on my bike along the Entella (the river that cuts through Chiavari and Lavagna) I saw a man fly fishing in the full get up! Talk about strange. In the middle of two cities, fly fishing, in addition to, a herd of goats, a nativity display of smurfs, basil growing under its protective wraps, and many people walking arm in arm! Though I do wonder if the gentleman flyfishing actually caught anything!? Anyway, he looked darn good in his get up!
The highlight of my week, so far, has been the class I started last night. Joanne invited me to join her in a beginners level sommelier course. For those of you who don't know what that is, a sommelier is one who knows all there is to know about wine. This class is to teach us what a sommelier does, to learn about wine and how it is produced, and how to evauate and judge it. The best part of the class is at the end where they pour the wine to teach how to taste with our senses! We were given 3 glasses in short order!!!! By the time I got to the last one, I was feeling a wee bit light headed. I was delighted to find two other ladies I know from town and the group seems quite nice. The biggest surprise was - my Italian. I actually understood 95% of what was said! I only had to ask Joanne about one thing I missed! I was pretty proud of myself. I guess it helps that the strongest vocabulary I have in Italian, after anything related to the kids, is food and wine. My passions! Those of you who would like to learn more about being a sommelier go here if you read English or here if you read Italian.
Anna this week started drumming lessons and Sarah singing! Me, I am going out and buying myself earplugs....
Arriverderci!
Krista
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